Switched from paper planners to a digital calendar for 3 months and now I'm genuinely confused why anyone defends paper

I used to be the person with the giant A5 planner, color coded pens, stickers for deadlines. Thought it helped me keep it all straight. But after missing two appointments in one week I tried Google Calendar on my phone with notifications. That was back in February. Now I look back at my old system and realize I was just spending 20 minutes every Sunday filling it out and then mostly ignoring it during the week. The digital version literally buzzes my wrist an hour before. No contest for me. Has anyone else gone back to paper after trying digital? I keep seeing Bullet Journal people swearing it's better but I don't get how.

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tessap731d ago

72 missed appointments in a year with paper, I feel that. It's like you're just making art instead of actually remembering things.

phoenix_grant1d ago

@tessap73 exactly, at some point you're just drawing little stars in the margins instead of writing "dentist at 3pm" lmao. Why do paper planners make us feel so productive when we're really just ignoring real life?

susan8121h ago

Honestly I have to disagree hard here. Paper planners work way better for me because the physical act of writing forces you to actually think about the appointment instead of just tapping a button and forgetting. That 72 missed appointments thing sounds like someone who never checked their planner in the first place, not a problem with paper itself. I've used digital calendars and still missed stuff because I'd put it in and then never look at the notification again. With paper, I flip through it every morning and actually remember what's coming up because I wrote it down myself. Have you ever tried using a single notebook for everything - appointments, notes, lists - and kept it on your desk where you can't miss it?